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INSIDE THIS MONTH’S ISSUE:

Vol. 21 No. 6

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BusinessJournal

Business People .............................................. page 28

Chamber anniversaries .................................. page 23

Chamber investors.......................................... page 23

Home & Office .................................................. page 17

On the move .................................................... page 29

Ribbon cuttings ............................................... page 25

ON THE COVER

Jerry Mennenga, Sioux City JournalCF Industries is planning a $1.7 billion of its Port Neal fertilizer complex, above. The mega project contributed to metro Sioux City topping a national publication’s list of the mid-size cities with the most development projects last year.


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VERMILLION, S.D. | Two hundred information tech-nology consulting positions are coming to Vermillion as part of a Minnesota-based company’s strategy to keep-ing such jobs from being sent overseas.

Eagle Creek Software Ser-vices, which provide Web and app development and technical support to Fortune 1500 firms, will create 200 jobs in a $10 million tech-nology center in Vermillion, where the company also will partner with the University of South Dakota to help train potential hirees.

Gov. Dennis Daugaard joined Eagle Creek CEO Ken Behrendt in announcing the project on March 13.

While state incentive packages often include training money, Daugaard said directing the dollars to a university in the form of tuition and fees for students who want to take the classes is a new approach.

“We’re not only helping Eagle Creek, but we’re us-ing those economic devel-opment dollars to help the USD and the students who come here,” Daugaard said

during a news conference in Vermillion.

The project is an expan-sion of Eagle Creek’s “Dako-ta” model of doing business in the lower cost states of South and North Dakota as an alternative to businesses outsourcing IT to India or other overseas sites.

Behrendt said there are numerous hidden costs with sending develop-ment jobs overseas. Besides avoiding language, cultural and time-zone issues that arise with overseas support teams, U.S.-based project centers work better when

a company needs continu-ous interaction with their consultants or want techs to speak to their customers.

“Actually, it’s cheaper to do work in South Dakota than it is in Chennai, India, when you really get down to it,” Behrendt said at the new conference. “That’s what the business and corporate world is realizing.”

As part of its expansion, Eagle Creek will add 150 and 100 jobs at its centers in Pierre, S.D. and Valley City, N.D. Additional positions will be added in other South Dakota cities over the next

three to five years, he said.The Pierre center, which

opened in 2008, started Eagle Creek’s relationship with the state that led to development of the USD and Vermillion project. The Governor’s Office of Economic Development, the state Board of Regents, USD and Vermillion Area Chamber of Commerce all collaborated on it.

The newly-formed IT Consultant Academy at USD will offer eligible students scholarships and a path to full-time employment with Eagle Creek. Beginning this

fall, the academy will offer a four-course certificate program for undergraduates and a two- and three-year master’s degree.

In April, the Board of Re-gents is expected to approve the certificate program, which will include two soft-ware engineering courses, project management and data management.

Lauire Becva, the uni-versity’s senior associate provost, said prospective students should have a background in computer science, business or science and engineering and a high technical aptitude.

“It’s a strategy to grow professional and competi-tive jobs in South Dakota and to grow our own work-force,” Becvar said. “It’s a great example of a university customizing higher educ-tion to meet the needs of business and industry.”

Graduates of the certifi-cate program will be eligi-ble for free tuition and fees paid, three-month paid in-ternship and a job interview. The IT consultant positions pay between $40,000 and $45,000 annually. Gradu-ates of the master’s de-gree could command sala-ries between $50,000 and $60,000.

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Tim Hynds photos, Sioux City JournalUniversity of South Dakota student Nick Weinandt, of Yankton, S.D., listens to instructor Carol Lushbough during a software engineering class Tuesday. Eagle Creek Software Services is planning a $10 million technology center in Vermillion, S.D., and expects to partner with the university.

Instructor Carol Lushbough helps Theryn Groetken, a junior from Sioux City, with a problem recently during a software engineering class at the University of South Dakota. The course will be part of a new customized training program at USD that will help Eagle Creek Software Solutions fill 1,000 new information technology jobs in the state.

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jobs, Behrendt said, Eagle Creek will recruit graduates from colleges from around the country.

New hires must complete the company’s own train-ing, which lasts four to six months.

In Pierre, he said, about 80 percent of the company’s workforce was recruited from outside the region, Behrendt said he expects that percentage to be some-what lower in Vermillion.

Eagle Creek’s tech center, planned for a three-acre site in Vermillion’s River-bend Business Park, along the Highway 50 bypass, is expected to open in 2014.

Later this year, the com-pany will begin operating in a temporary facility in town later this year, and begin hiring its first class of about 20 students, Behrendt said.

Steve Howe, executive director of the Vermillion Area Chamber and De-velopment Co., said the project will bring multiple

benefits to the city of about 10,700. Among others, it has the potential to redefine

the local economy, cre-ating more white-collar job opportunities for

USD undergraduates.“Being able to main-

tain those students in the

community after they grad-uate is what we really need,” Howe said.

Eagle Creek, which spe-cializes in tech services re-lated to Oracle Corp.’s cus-tomer relationship manage-ment software, serves large clients in the health care, financial services, insurance and life sciences sectors.

A more consistent supply of trained workers will help Eagle Creek better prepare for growth if a customer suddenly needs to ramp up, Behrendt said.

“If we’re at a major health care organization and they ask us, ‘Can you scale up 50 or 100 or 200 people?’ that becomes the issue,” he said. “What you need are trained individuals.”

Since the recession of 2007-2009, firms are in-vesting more in technology and are looking to get closer to their customers, whether through mobile apps or so-cial media. All of those ef-forts are underpinned with technology, so companies want their contract IT con-sultants to better under-stand their businesses, said Behrendt, who has a 25-year background in offshore ser-vices.

That’s difficult with far-away consultants, so a growing number of compa-nies that are expanding are now demanding U.S.-based help.

“The pendulum is swing-ing back, and it’s creating a supply and demand issue in the United States,” he said. “Our approach to it is South Dakota is as good as any place in the United States to provide these jobs.”

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

OnlineVisit www.usd.edu/cde/it.cfm for information about applying to the IT Consultant Academy at USD.

ProvidedInformation technology consultants from Eagle Creek Software Services talk to remote clients at the company’s facility in Pierre, S.D. Eagle Creek and the South Dakota governor’s office on March 13 announced a partnership to train potential employees at the University of South Dakota for 1,000 new positions in the Dakotas, including a new 200-employee center to be built in Vermillion, S.D.


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P R I M G H A R , I owa | O’Brien County would be the starting point for a $2 billion project aimed at breaking a bottleneck that has slowed develop-ment of new wind farms in Siouxland.

Clean Line Energy Part-ners wants to build a 500-mile high-voltage trans-mission lines to move wind-generated electricity to power hungry customers in metro Chicago.

Because it would simply transport power across Iowa and Illinois, rather than de-liver it to homes and busi-nesses along the way, the line would carry a direct current, rather than the al-ternating current of most electric lines.

Last year, Clean Line se-lected O’Brien County as the site for a $250 million station that would convert wind power from AC to DC before sending it east on the overhead lines.

The 3,500 megawatts-line – three times more en-ergy than the Hoover Dam – would require an additional 2,000 wind turbines within about a 100-mile radius of O’Brien County, said Hans Detweiler, Clean Line’s

director of development.Clean Line estimates the

project would unlock $7 billion in new investments, and create more than 500 permanent jobs in the re-gion.

The job creation, Detwei-ler said, would come pri-marily in sectors that would support and service the new wind farms, such as makers of towers, blades and other turbine components.

For more than two years, Clean Line officials have been meeting with local officials and land owners, and touting the project’s economic benefits.

More than 5,000 con-struction jobs would be created. The mega project also would generate tens of millions of dollars in addi-tional property taxes for lo-cal governments, and ease-ment payments of between

Transmision plan aims to unclog area wind development

Journal fileThe corridor for the proposed Clean Energy Partners Rock Island transmission line through Iowa is shown. The route, which would begin near Primghar, Iowa, and move wind-generated electricity to the Chicago area, is expected to be finalized later this year..

By the Numbers

2Cost in billions of dollars for Clean Line Energy Partners’ proposed transmission line through Iowa and Illinois

500Miles of the high-voltage line

5,000Construction jobs anticipated

500New permanent jobs created

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SIOUX CITY | Brandon Bradshaw, owner of Pipe Dream Camping and Tub-ing, finished first in the Swimming With the Sharks business competition, held recently at Briar Cliff Uni-versity.

Bradshaw won $2,000 in the General Public category, which was held for the first time. Pipe Dream is located along the Floyd River, near Hinton, Iowa.

Runners up and their prize money included: Joseph Donavan and William Bur-khart with ThinkSail LLC, $1,000; Ashley Viet and her Signature Event Consult-ing, $1,000; Blake Anderson with Static Entertainment,

$600; Eric Bolles for his Ultimate Grilling Guide, $200; Jim Braunchweig with Rake Glove, $200; Chelsea and Nathan Schulz with their Eat Sioux City, $200.

The $5,200 in prize mon-ey was donated by econom-ic development programs from South Sioux City, Sioux City, North Sioux City, Woodbury County and Siouxland Chamber of Commerce.

Winners in the Swim-ming with the Sharks’ col-legiate category were Sean Richardson, Morningside College with his Discover-MyCampus, $2,000; Jordan Schumacher, University of

South Dakota for his Sho-pEx , $1,000; and Kyle Poss, University of South Dakota for his Cry-Ice Cryogenic Therapy, $500.

The $3,500 in prize money was donated by Siouxland Economic Development Corp.

During the competition, finalists had 10 minutes each to pitch their ideas and answer questions from a panel of entrepreneurs and business experts.

Judges for the General Public contest were Joe Strub, president of Prime Bank; Rhonda Capron, Sioux City Council mem-ber and owner of Rhonda’s Speakeasy; Randy Lanning,

chair of South Sioux City Economic Development Board; and Rob Marqu-see, director of Woodbury County Economic Develop-ment.

Judges for the Collegiate contest were Ken Beekley, executive vice president for SEDC; Dave Bernstein, officer and co-owner of State Steel and president of Saturday in the Park; Greg Hoffman, business development officer for Pioneer Bank and vice president of Sioux City Growth Organization; and Dustin Pratt, analyst at Avalon Capital and en-trepreneur and founder at Solid Rock Clothing LLC.

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Laura Wehde, Sioux City JournalTubers make their way down the Floyd River at Pipe Dreams Camping and Tubing in this file photo. The owner of the business won the first place prize in the General Cateogory of the Swimming with the Sharks contest held recently at Briar Cliff University.


Calories, metabolism, carbs, low so-dium, low fat and the list goes on. These words have become a part

of everyday conversation. Americans are struggling with healthy eating and proper nutrition. There is so much advice out there, it can be overwhelming.

“You may be out of touch with your eating, and then it’s easy to overeat,” said Dr. Jenny Conviser, an expert in the treat-ment of eating disorders.

You can establish mindful eating pat-terns. She offers this advice:

Carve out time for meals. Don’t get a lunch break? Fight for one, even if it’s 15 minutes. Research suggests that our brains don’t even fully register the things we’re eating while doing something else.

Eat sitting down. If you’re going to eat at the refrigerator, pull up a chair! If you commit to eating only while sitting down (at a table no less!), you’re less likely to mindless munch. And eat without dis-tractions, like a TV or computer, so you can fully experience what you are eating.

Learn what “hungry” feels like. Ask yourself if you really are hungry before you eat, or are you eating due to the time of day, habit or to cope with stress? If you are hungry, allow yourself to eat and plan for healthy snacks during your day. Driving yourself to extreme hunger by skipping meals or not allowing yourself to snack can result in unhealthy binges.

Notice each sensation. Next time you sit down to eat something, take a moment to notice the shape, the color, and the size. Bring the food to your nose and in-hale the aroma. When you take a bite, no-tice how the texture feels on your tongue, and chew fully before swallowing. Take a moment before taking another bite. Sure, this takes a few extra minutes, but you get to experience food as it’s meant to be - a fully sensory experience.

Check in with yourself. Try stopping for a break midway through your meal for a few minutes. Are you still really hungry? If so, keep eating, and check in again after a few more bites. If not, maybe it’s time to stop and save the rest for later.

Sodium, which is one of the most im-portant elements in the body, is being consumed in higher amounts than most Americans need. About 75 percent of the total sodium (salt) you get in your diet comes from the sodium already in pack-aged and restaurant foods, not from the

salt shaker. Processed foods are full of sodium, limit your intake on these foods. Too much sodium can have adverse af-fects on your health, such as increased blood pressure.

The FDA offers some advice:• When shopping for food, read labels

and choose foods that are lower in so-dium.

• Foods providing 5 percent (percent daily value or percentage on the label) are considered low. And 20 percent DV is considered high (avoid these foods)

• The CDC identified 10 surprising foods as the greatest sources of sodium: breads and rolls, luncheon meat, such as deli ham or turkey; pizza, poultry, fresh and processed (much of the raw chicken bought from a store has been injected with a sodium solution); soups, cheese-burgers and other sandwiches; cheese, natural and processed; pasta dishes, meat dishes, such as meat loaf with gravy; and savory snack foods, such as potato chips, pretzels, and popcorn.

When dining out, keep in mind that our moods can be changed by a restaurant’s choice of music and lighting. According to the journal of Psychological Reports researchers found that softening the lighting and music in fast-foot restau-rants didn’t change what people ordered, but it caused them to eat 18 percent less of what they ordered—775 calories in-stead of 949. They also rated the food as more enjoyable.

Take time to plan your meals carefully. What you eat will affect your health. If you need to make changes, choose healthy lifestyle changes that you can continue for the rest of your life.

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All of the operations for TEC Corp, Thompson Electric and Electric Innovations will be under one roof in the former Standard Oil Company office building at 2300 Seventh St. in Sioux City.

“Everything will be there – the offices, shop, training, prefabrication and inventory,” said Skip Perley, chief executive officer, TEC-Corp, the parent company. “We have been in five buildings spread out.”

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In the 66,000-square-foot facility designed by Dale McKinney of M+ Architects and remodeled by W.A. Klinger, there will be offices on all three floors. They will be located along the north wall – the most architecturally interesting part of the building, he said.

Thompson Electric will be on the first floor, Electric Innovations on the second floor, and TEC-Corp on the third floor. The building will have two main entrances:

Thompson Electric will enter on the east side and TEC-Corp and Electric Innovations will enter on the west side.

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The remodeled building features a Post-Modern Industrial Design, with a lot of exposed concrete and brick. The interior showcases exposed concrete ceilings and columns, exposed ductwork and conduit, polished concrete floors in common areas, and carpeted offices.

“It will have a big, open lobby with a fairly large training center for employees,” Perley said. “We’re pretty proud of that. We’ll be making it available for personal events.”

The main spaces will be furnished with modular furniture. For employees, The building that will house TEC Corp, Thompson Electric and Electric Innovations was first home to Standard Oil Company.


neat amenities include a break room with retro seating, an exercise room, and a shower.

Originally, the building was built in 1937 as an oil depot for Standard Oil Company and purchased in 1977 by Lefkow, a plumbing supply business. After Standard moved out, an addition was built on the east side of the building for a showroom.

Over the years, it has been used by other businesses, but mostly it has been unoccupied until now.

Perley said TEC-Corp acquired the former Standard Oil Company building because they wanted a place that offers fiber optic access, at least 40,000 square feet

of space, parking for 50 cars, trucking access, some outside storage, and a safe and secure place for their 150 local employees.

To expand in Sioux City, the company worked with Marty Dougherty and Chris Myers from Sioux City’s Economic Development department.

“They were very helpful,” said Perley. “We qualified for the Targeted Jobs tax credit program through the State of Iowa. Our project is one of the 23 that was mentioned in Site Selection magazine.”

The three companies started moving in on March 15, and

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SIOUX CITY | The Sioux City Growth Organization recently an-nounced the winners of its 2013 Innovation Market contest.

This was the first year there were two winners. The first place cash prize went to Chelsea Schulz and Nathan Schultz of Eat Sioux City, an online restaurant direc-tory exclusive to Siouxland res-taurants.

It will use the latest technolo-gies to make each listing appear on search engines when someone searches for a restaurant or type of food in Siouxland.

The startup will use the prize money to promote Eat Sioux City and join the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce and SCGO.

“There were so many great ideas submitted in the Innovation Mar-ket, we had no idea that we would be selected as this year’s winner,” Nathan Schultz said. “The In-novation Market has provided us with a huge opportunity and we

look forward to meeting with the Chamber and having an office space to begin turning our idea into a reality.”

The second place cash prize

went to Sara Gotch of Digital Scrapbooking, which takes old photo/video memories and cre-ates a digital photo/video scrap-book.

“I’ve been doing these types of digital scrapbooking videos for friends and family for the past 10 years. So I figured with my gift and passion, why not share it with

the public?” Gotch said.Other finalists included: Time

Trade, which sets up a system of community barter where mem-bers exchange services based on a like-for-like exchange of their time; Children’s Museum of Siouxland, a family-oriented, hands-on children’s museum with emphasis on providing edu-cational value while fostering a child’s creativity and imagination; and Static Entertainment LLC, a nightclub and event hosting com-pany.

Contestants presented their ideas during a public forum Feb. 22 at the Commerce Building in downtown Sioux City. The In-novation Market was part of En-trepalooza, a four-day celebra-tion of entrepreneurial spirit in Siouxland.

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ProvidedWinners of the 2013 Innovation Market, from left, are: Nathan Schultz and Chelsea Schultz, Eat Sioux City, and Sara Gotch, Digital Scrapbooking.



Metro Sioux City has re-claimed its economic de-velopment crown.

The tri-state region tops Site Selection magazine’s annual listing of ranking of the mid-size metro ar-eas with the most new or expanded corporate proj-ects.

Siouxland also finished first in 2007 and 2008 in the category for metros with populations between 50,000 and 200,000.

In 2012, Sioux City boasted 23 projects that met the publication’s crite-ra – at least $1 million capi-tal investment, creation of at least 50 new jobs or a site involving more than 20,000 square feet. The Michigan cities of Battle Creek and Jackson finished a distant second with 13 projects apiece.

“That’s about as lop-sided as a great portion of the Super Bowl was, be-fore the lights went out,” Ron Starner, executive vice president of Site Selection, told about 70 Siouxland business leaders. “You blew away the competition.”

Starner traveled to Sioux City to personally deliver the good news at a breakfast hosted by The Siouxland Initiative at Bev’s on the River.

“We are pleased and proud of this recognition, which serves as confirma-tion that we are continuing to make progress toward our goals of increased capi-tal investment, along with enhancing the number and quality of employment oportunities throughout the tri-state region,” said

TSI board c h a i r Je f f Lapke, the p r e s i d e n t o f C e n -tral Bank in Sioux City.

TSI Presi-dent Chris M c G o w a n noted all of the local jurisdictions in the three states contrib-uted to the Site Selection recognition.

Among the projects cited were:

• CF Industries’ record $1.7 billion expansion of its Port Neal fertilizer plant.

• Tyson Foods’ $90 bil-lion expansion of its beef plant in Dakota City.

• Sa b re I n d u s t r i e s ’ new $18 million plant in Sioux City that makes sup-port structures for utility lines.

• Heper BioScience’s $25

million facility under con-struction in North Sioux City.

• Gerkin Windows and Doors’ expansion of its South Sioux City plant.

• Sterling Computers’ expansion in Dakota Dunes.

• A $5 million pre-treat-ment wastewater plant for Royal Canin’s pet food fac-tory in North Sioux City.

• Mid-Country Machin-ery’s $1 million expansion in Sergeant Bluff.

Garry Smith, who served as TSI’s board chair in 2012, said local business leaders and economic develop-ers deserve much of the credit for last year’s suc-cess. Smith is president of American Pop Corn Co., the makers of the Jolly Time brand, which opened a new microwave popcorn plant in Sioux City last year.

As part of his most recent visit to Siouxland, Starner toured Jolly Time’s facili-ties.

Starner said the tri-state region boasts a high qual-ity workforce, a favorable business climate, and a cooperative attitude.

“We are an area that is known for our regional co-operation,” McGowan said in Starner’s bylined story online and in the March is-sue of Site Selection. “We can market Iowa, Nebraska and South Dakota and show companies three different economic development op-tions in a single visit to the Sioux City area.”

In the story, McGowan also highlighted how the region benefits from a large number of agri-business and food processing com-panies.

“Recession or not, peo-ple will continue to eat,” he told Starner.

In the story, Starner also focused on the resiliency of the metro area, which he said has “weathered more

No. 1 again Metro area tops national publication list for most development projects

Jim Lee photos, Sioux City JournalCF Industries CEO Stephen Wilson speaks during a Nov. 1 news conference to announce a $1.7 billion expansion of the company’s Port Neal fertilizer plant. The project was one of 23 large projects announced in 2012 in metro Sioux City, tops in Site Selection magazine’s list of mid-size metro cities with the most corporate expansions.

Sabre Industries recently completed a $18 million expansion in Sioux City.

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ProvidedTyson Fresh Meats is in the midst of a $90 million project at its Dakota City beef plant that includes a new slaughter floor.

Bret Hayworth, Sioux City JournalHepar Bioscience is constructing a $25 million facility in North Sioux City.

than its far share of set-backs over the past three decades.”

More recently, the tri-s ta te re g i o n e n d u re d months of Missouri River flooding in the summer of 2011, and unflattering na-tional media coverage of one of its largest employers, Beef Products Inc., last year.

Starner also spoke with Dave Bernstein, a co-owner of State Steel, which last year spent $3 million to rehabilitate the historic American Linseed Oil Co. Building at 208 Court St. into the company’s down-town offices.

The family business has operated for more than 60 year in Sioux City, which Bernstein told Starner is a “good place to do busi-ness.”

“The local landscape of working with the city and the county has been very easy,” Bernstein, who serves as chair of the Iowa Economic Development Authority, said in the ar-ticle. They are very indus-trial business-friendly.”

Metro Sioux City first appeared in Site Selecd-tion’s top 10 list with a third-place finish in 2006.

A f te r b a c k - to - b a c k f i rs t - p l a c e s f i n i s h e s the next two years, the m e t ro a re a a d d e d a

second-place showing in 2009.

Site Selection’s base of 44,000 subscribers in-clude executives involved in corporate site selection decisions, most at the chief operating officer, president or chief executive level.

McGowan said the na-tional recognition could help lure even more companies to the region. The Siouxland Initiative, the development arm of the Siouxland Cham-ber, placed a full-page, color ad in the March issue of Site Selection, next to the 2012 rankings.

The ad, he said, will re-mind site selection consul-tants and corporate real es-tate officers who regularly read the publication that, “We’re a community that knows how to put together economic development deals.”

Jerry Mennenga, Sioux City JournalCF Industries is planning a record $1.7 billion expansion of its Port Neal complex.

Dave Dreeszen, Sioux City JournalMid Country Machinery is building a $1 million addition to its Sergeant Bluff operation.

Tim Hynds, Sioux City JournalRoyal Canin recently constructed a $5 million wastewater treatment plant for its pet food factory in North Sioux City.

“The local landscape of working with the city and the county has been very easy. They are very industrial business-friendly.”

Dave Bernsteinco-owner of State Steel


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How many of you have children and love to pick them up after a hard day’s work to give them a hug?

Have you ever noticed how this can melt away stress and improve your attitude? Personally, this has worked well for me as I am greeted at home by my daughters Abbigail (7) and Maelynne (4), son Hunter Norman (4 months old) and wife Jenilyn.

Has the wonderful habit of picking up your children or grandchildren ever been impacted by a lower back or shoulder in-jury? These injuries affect the way you are able to perform your daily lifestyle tasks at work, home and play. Your sleep may be affected as well as your performance at work and home.

I often see women especially in the awkward posture of placing both feet di-rectly across from each other with their feet narrower than shoulder width apart. When we use this awkward posture habit to lift, push or pull or reach away from our body, all of the forces of lifting are isolated specifically to the lower back, shoulders and neck. Thereby, wear and tear increases daily and the risk of musculoskeletal in-juries to the lower back, shoulders or neck increases too.

My goal for this article is to educate you on the importance of switching your daily work and posture habits by using a stag-gered stance (one foot in front of the other or what I also call the “athletic ready” posture) whenever lifting, pushing or pull-ing and reaching away from your body at work, home and play.

Switching to a WorkSmart staggered stance will protect your lower back, shoul-ders and neck from injury in three ways!

1) When you stand in a staggered stance (athletic ready posture), your balance significantly improves. When your bal-ance and stability improves, your body will have significantly reduced biomechani-cal “wear and tear” forces to your lower back, shoulders and neck. Have you ever lifted a box that was stored in your garage or closet and something in the box shifted and pulled you off balance? This staggered stance posture will help prevent a loss of balance from occurring and keep your lower back and shoulders protected and safe.

2) The staggered stance posture forces your legs, hips and calves to increase their workload, thus sharing the load between more muscle groups and reducing the load and awkward forces to your lower back

and shoulders. The more muscles, body parts and joints you have helping in any task performed at work, home or play, the less stressful and forceful the task is. In simple terms, more helps equals less work for all body parts involved. This staggered stance lifting posture will allow you to lift your infant’s or grandchild’s car seat with much less stress to your lower back, shoulders and neck.

3) The staggered stance posture signifi-cantly reduces any rotational forces to your lower back and shoulders, by mak-ing most of the rotational forces transfer through your hips and not your lower back. This industrial athlete posture habit makes your lower back and shoulders shout for joy, because their workload and the awkward forces are significantly re-duced.

I challenge you, your spouse, co-work-ers, friends and those you meet across Siouxland to use a staggered stance when picking up your children or grandchildren, putting our groceries into the trunk of the car, lifting at work, picking up toys, or get-ting your garden ready in the upcoming months.

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2) Attending four Gray Institute “Chain Reaction” courses from 99’ to 07’ led by Gary Gray PT, FAFS and Watching the Functional Video Digest Series and Fast Function DVD’s for continuing education from 99’ to 11’ www.grayinstitute.com

3) My career as a Physical Therapist at St. Luke’s for the past 15 years working with over 150 company’s, and specializing in WorkSmart Ergonomics Injury Preven-tion and Wellness for your working, aging body.

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GALVA, Iowa | In 2012, Jim Peterson grew 5,000 acres of a new type of corn designed to produce ethanol more efficiently.

The Washta, Iowa area farmer sold the grain for a premium – 40 cents per bushel more than the regu-lar market price.

What makes it more valu-able?

The variety, called Eno-gen, is genetically engi-neered to boost ethanol output and reduce energy costs and water use. The hybrid, developed by Syn-genta, contains a gene that promotes an enzyme that speeds the breakdown of starch into sugar, the initial step in converting grain into fuel.

Enogen allows ethanol producers that grind dry corn to forgo buying the an-zyme, called alpha amylase, in a liquid form.

“Our client base and shareholders are getting that money rather than sending it to a manufacturer that puts in a tote the same product that we can grow in the field,” said Delayne Johnson, general manager of Quad County Corn Pro-cessors in Galva, Iowa.

Quad County is the first U.S. ethanol plant to com-mercially use Enogen, de-veloped by Syngenta, a global seed, herbicide and pesticide manufacturer. The Ida County plant this year started grinding 90 percent traditional corn and 10 percent Enogen.

Another area plant, Plym-outh Energy in Merrill, Iowa, signed a commercial

deal with Syngenta, set to begin this fall.

A third plant, Siouxland Ethanol near Jackson, Neb.,

is scheduled to begin a 90-day trial with the manufac-turer this spring.

With their profit margins shrinking due to near record corn prices, Enogen offers ethanol producers a chance to improve their efficiency, as well as their bottom line.

While other hybrids have been introduced for ethanol, Enogen is the first designed strictly for pro-duction purposes, as well as to make ethanol more efficient, cost effective and better for the environment.

The synthetic enzyme, derived from micro-or-ganisms that live near hot-water vents on the ocean’s floor, is inactive while the kernel remain in tact, ac-cording to Syngenta.

During the ethanol grind-ing, the enzyme explodes out of the kernel, breaking down the starch on its own. The enzyme also thins the corn mash and moves it through the fermentation process faster. More ethanol can be produced from the same amount of corn. The

cost of heating up and then cooling down the mixture also can be sharply reduced.

“By taking the water out, you can save a lot of energy, said Jack Bernens, Enogen marketing and stakeholder relations manager. “Instead of having more water, you can put more corn in there.”

For example, a 100-mil-lion gallon plant, using Enogen corn, could save 450,000 gallons of wa-ter, 1.3 million KWh of electricity and 244 billion BTUs of natural gas, while

also reduc-ing carbon d i o x i d e e m i s s i o n s by 106 mil-lion pounds, a c c o r d i n g to the com-pany.

A three-month trial use of Enogen at the Quad County Corn Processor in 2009 produced encourag-ing results, Johnson said. The plant started using the biotech corn on a commer-cial basis in early February.

“It looks like we’re going to have improved yields, but I can’t say that conclu-sively today,” Johnson said. “Overall, we’re starting to see the things that Synegta says the product can do.”

Ethanol plants partner with Syngenta to recruit area farmers to grow En-dogen. Growers must sign contracts that specify acres to be grown, marketing op-tions, delivery timing and stewardship requirements.

In exchange, they are guaranteed a 40-cent per bushel premium. That put an extra $500,000 in the

Growing more efficientBiotech corn offers area ethanol plants higher output, lower costs

Quad County Corn Processors lab manager Joe Williams holds ground corn in the lab at the ethanol plant near Galva, Iowa.

TIM GALLAGHER PHOTOS, Sioux City Journal Quad County Corn Processors, above, located near Galva, Iowa, along U.S. Highway 20, is the first ethanol plant to commercially use a new type of corn genetically engineered to boost production and cut costs.

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Clean Line and its general contractor, Omaha, Neb.-based Kiewit Power Con-structors Co., held a series of community meetings to begin recruiting local ven-dors to supply labor, ma-terials and other services along the route.

More than 100 local leaders from a six-county area turned out at a Janu-ary meeting at Northwest Iowa Community College in Sheldon featuring Det-weiler and other Clean Line officials.

“Here in O’Brien County and all of Northwest Iowa, Clean Line Energy has re-ceived a lot of support and favorable attitudes,” O’Brien County economic development director Kiana Johnson said.

Though conditions are gusty, there currently are no wind farms in the coun-ty, But a number of projects are now under consider-ation, Johnson said.

For the convertor sta-tion, Clean Line has op-tioned more than 40 acres in O’Brien County’s Center Township, near the county seat of Primghar. A hand-ful of full-time jobs would be created to maintain the station.

Before moving ahead with construction, Houston-based Clean Line must still clear a number of regula-tory hurdles.

The route through Iowa and Illinois is known as the Rock Island because it orig-inally envisioned for the right-of-way for the for-mer Rock Island Railroad. The company has identified

a broad potential corridor that would pass through some other Northwest Iowa counties besides O’Brien, including Cherokee, Clay and Buena Vista.

Detweiler said the Iowa route should be finalized later this year. The compa-ny and Iowa Utilities Board will first hold public meet-ings in every county that the transmission line will traverse.

Last fall, in filings with the Illinois Commerce

Commission, Clean Lean formally asked for ap-proval of its proposed route through that state. The company also requested public utility status.

Detweiler said Clean Lean anticipates receiving its fi-nal regulatory approval no later than 2014 in Illinois and 2015 in Iowa. The line, which would take two to three years to build, would be placed in service in 2017 or 2018 under that time frame.

Wind: Transmission plan

Business Journal file photoWind turbines are shown near U.S. Highway 20 in Sac County in this Journal file photo. A Houston-based company wants to build a 500-mile of high-voltage transmission line to transport excess wind-generated electricity in Siouxland to power hungry customers in metro Chicago. The Clean Line Energy route would begin near the O’Brien County seat of Primghar.

“Here in O’Brien County and all of Northwest Iowa, Clean Line Energy has received a lot of support and favorable attitudes.”

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City honors aviation business for growthSIOUX CITY | A Growing

Sioux City Award recently was presented to Aviation Consultant Expert Solu-tions LLC.

The award recognizes the company’s growth and investment in Sioux City. Mayor Bob Scott presented the award to ACES CEO Jim Sponder and Chief Operat-ing Officer Travis Stein.

“ACES is an excellent ex-ample of a small business start-up that is achieving success in Sioux City,” Scott said. “It is exciting to see a local company serving in-ternational customers.”

ACES, an Federal Avia-tion Administration-certi-fication maintenance repair operation, offers aircraft maintenance, flight opera-tions, and safety manage-ment throughout the U.S., Caribbean, Mexico, and Africa.

The company last year signed a 20-year lease for hangar 802 (the former Northwest Air Link hangar) under an agreement with the city and Sioux Gateway Airport Board. It includes a 24,000-square foot han-gar floor and an additional 12,000-square-feet of shop and office space.

In the last year, ACES has grown to employ 20 full-time repair mechanics. The company anticipates further expansion in Sioux City.

“We are proud to be part of this community and pleased to see continued growth, not only for ACES, but also in the aviation in-dustry taking place right here in our hometown,” Sponder said.

ACES recently completed an overhaul and refurbish-ment of a SAAB 340B for

Caribbean client, Seaborne Airlines. Released from the Sioux Gateway Airport in February, the aircraft re-joined the Seaborne fleet operating 337 weekly de-partures to San Juan, St. Thomas, St. Croix, Tortola, and Virgin Gorda.

ACES worked closely with the City, the Airport Board, and Jetsun Aviation in 2011 to secure hangar space at the Sioux Gateway Airport and to receive financial as-sistance from the city and state through Targeted Jobs Withholding Tax Credits Program.

As part of the Growing Sioux City Award, ACES received Sioux City wind-shirts and a certificate for a tree to be planted in their name this spring, signifying the company’s commitment to growing in the commu-nity.

ProvidedSioux City officials are shown recently with owners of Aviation Consultant Expert Solutions, or ACES, at the company’s hangar at Sioux Gateway Airport. The city presented its Growing Sioux City Award to the aircraft maintenance and repair business.


SERGEANT BLUFF | A national trade publi-cation has recognized two Siouxland manufactur-ers for their recent expan-sions.

CF Industries and Polaris Industries were among 30 U.S. companies to receive 2012 Corporate Investment & Community Impact, or CiCi Awards, from Trade & Industry Development.

Polaris was honored in the Community Impact division, while CF was rec-ognized in the Corporate Investment category.

CF announced a record $1.7 billion expansion of its Port Neal fertilizer complex last November. The single-largest private capital in-vestment in Iowa history is

expected to create 100 new jobs, doubling the com-pany’s employment at Port Neal, located just south of Sergeant Bluff.

CF was one of seven CiCi recipients that announced plans last year to invest at least $1 billion, said Scott D. Swoger, publisher, Trade & Industry Develop-ment magazine, and presi-dent of its parent company Due North Consulting Inc. Another, Iowa Fertilizer, is constructing a new fertilizer plant in southeast Iowa.

Polaris’ recent growth has had a major positive impact in the Iowa Great Lakes re-gion. The manufacturer ac-quired the Indian Motorcy-cles brand and then moved the production to Spirit Lake. The company also has

grown its Victory Motorcy-cles and Ranger all-terrain vehicles, and expanded into Milford with the GEM and newly-announced Brutus lines.

The CiCi recipients made public declarations in 2012 of plans for economic de-velopment project that will create and retain more than 35,250 jobs, and result in to-tal corporate investment in excess of $16 billion.

Among the criteria con-sidered for CiCi recognition in the Community Impact division: number of jobs created and/or retained, area unemployment figures, average income level of the region, area plant closings or decline in industry seg-ments, and the creation of new industry segments with employment opportunities.

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ALTON, Iowa | A $6.5 mil-lion expansion completed last summer added nearly 2 million bushels of per-manent grain storage at Ag Partners’ sprawling com-plex in Alton.

Three large grain bins were constructed, boosting the overall storage to nearly 7 million bushels.

Ag Partners CEO Troy Upah said the investment, unanimously approved by the board of direc-tors, shows the company’s “commitment to meet the ever-changing needs of our customers.”

The Alton facility has the capacity to unload 50,000 bushels of grain per hour. With rail, the load-out ca-pacity is 70,000 bushels per hour. At that rate, a 100-car unit train can be loaded in 10 hours, said Dan DeJong, Ag Partners’ vice president of western operations.

With the Alton expansion completed, Ag Partners plans to close its operations in nearby Orange City, where the company has a grain el-evator, former feed mill, offices, storage sheds and

Cenex convenience store.Ag Partners recently

reached an agreement to sell the six-acre Orange City site to Northwestern Col-lege. The property adjoins

the southwest portion of the campus, just west of the Rowenhorst Student Center.

The contract calls for Northwestern to take

possession of the property on April 1.

“This property offers us the opportunity to recon-sider future expansion, and it comes as we have recently developed a new campus master plan,” Northwestern President Greg Christy said.

De Jong said the aging Orange City grain elevator doesn’t meet customers’ needs, with a receiving ca-pacity per hour seven times slower than the newer ele-vator in Alton. In addition, he cited the safety benefits of closing the Orange City operation for Northwestern students and the improved traffic flow through campus that will result.

Ag Partners, owned joint-ly by Alceco, a Albert City, Iowa, farmer cooperative and Minneapolis ag giant Cargil, has more than 7,000 customers throughout its large Northwest Iowa ter-ritory. The company, which provides grain, agronomy, feed and petroleum, also has area locations in Matlock, Sheldon, Sutherland, Mau-rice, Merrill, Hospers, Sioux Center, Calumet, Alta, Ells-worth, Royal, Hartley, Em-metsburg and Fonda.

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Grain bins at Ag Partners’ complex in Alton, Iowa, are shown. The bins increased permanent grain storage by 2 million bushels.

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SIOUX CITY | Titan Ma-chinery is expanding offer-ings in Sioux City, building a new facility to house an equipment dealership on the south edge of the city and converting the prior northside facility into an outlet location.

The changes go into effect in June, when the Case IH construction dealership will open at 5656 Harbor Drive. At the same time, the outlet store in Cherokee, Iowa, will move to the longstanding Sioux City location at 33952 Frelon Drive. The moving process will begin in April.

Back in Cherokee, that Titan Machinery facility will still have a Case IH farm equipment dealership.

A dealer of Case IH and New Holland farm and con-struction equipment, Titan Machinery was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in West Fargo, N.D.

Titan officials said they’ve made the changes in part to better serve farmers who are enjoying a strong regional agriculture economy.

Titan Machinery out-let division manager Don

Aberle said the outlet store gets a high volume of used inventory traffic, so having it in the northside site near U.S. Highway 75 is benefi-cial. The Sioux City outlet store is one of two in the Titan network.

“Sioux City is an ideal lo-cation, and Titan Machin-ery looks forward to run-ning two businesses here, the outlet store and the

Case construction equip-ment dealership,” Aberle said.

Work began in spring 2012 on the 20,000-square-foot building on a 12-acre site at Expedition Court and Dis-covery Boulevard in the Ex-pedition Business Park near Sioux Gateway Airport.

Titan bought the site from the city for $1. In return, the company agreed to a

minimum property assess-ment of $1.5 million. The new south site is valued for high accessibility, being right off Interstate 29 and also near competitors.

Roughly eight to 10 jobs are expected to be added between the two Sioux City locations.

The Titan Machinery expansion adds jobs to Sioux City and is the type

of project the city likes to see, Sioux City Economic Development Department economic development specialist Sam Wagner said in 2012.

“We love seeing a compa-ny like that,” Wagner said. “If they’re growing, we like to keep them here.”

Titan Outlet stores pro-vide farmers a full range of used ag equipment at outlet prices.

Used equipment moves from T itan Machinery

inventory to the outlet store based on the number of days the equipment has been for sale, regardless of type, brand or location.

The Titan Machinery net-work consists now of 105 dealerships, including two outlet stores, in North Da-kota, South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota, Montana, Ne-braska, Wyoming, Wis-consin, Colorado and Ari-zona, as well as 13 European dealerships in Romania and Bulgaria.

Titan outlet store moves to Sioux City Changes needed to better serve farmers

Nick Hytrek, Sioux City Journal fileThe Titan Machinery building at 33952 Frelong Drive is shown in March 2012. The company has built a new facility in the city’s Expedition Business Park.

Bret Hayworth, Sioux City JournalA tractor at the Titan Machinery/Case construction equipment dealership on Highway 75 is shown. The Titan Machinery network consists now of 105 dealership.


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SPENCER, Iowa | Two years after purchasing a line of single-wall, hopper-bot-tom aluminum grain trailers from GEM-L, in Brandon, S.D., Maurer Manufactur-ing is planning to begin full production of the 55-foot-long single-wall units this spring at its facility in Spen-cer’s Technical Park North.

While Maurer has offered steel grain trailers for many years, the single-wall alu-minum trailer line is geared more to local field-to-ele-vator haulers than its steel trailers or even double-wall aluminum designs, said Plant Manager John Tat-man.

“The single-wall design is lighter to allow for more cargo, while staying under load restrictions,” Tatman said. “Farmers are hauling longer distances now to take

advantage of better prices offered directly by ethanol production facilities.”

Using Clay County, Iowa, as an example, Tatman said that because there is no

ethanol plant in the county, farmers are hauling further, to places like Hartley, Em-metsburg, Albert City or Superior, and can be more efficient using a light-weight trailer.

Maurer’s single-wall trailer is designed to be comparable in strength to a double-wall design, “and it’s easier to fix,” he said.

General Manager Chris Tostenrud said, “We felt we needed the aluminum hop-per bottom trailer line to of-fer our dealers a full line of Maurer products. We have dealers who haven’t had ac-cess to an alum trailers and wanted to better compete. Now they can compete and maintain their Maurer pres-ence in their communities.”

The aluminum trailer market is expanding faster than the steel trailer market,

Tostenrud said, and should outpace steel trailer sales in the next five years.

“In addition to being lighter, aluminum doesn’t rust as steel does. But the lighter weight, that’s really the (sales) driver. And this will be the driver for the company’s growth, too,” Tostenrud said.

While Maurer has been selling the single-wall alu-minum trailers since 2011, GEM-L has continued to produce the units under contract. Once production is in full swing, Maurer will be able to produce more trail-ers than the South Dakota company was able to deliver.

Maurer has been adver-tising since January to fill 23 immediate positions – some on the aluminum trailer line, and others to expand production of its

other products, including its signature combine grain bin extensions, along with steel gondola, drop-deck, and grain trailers, in addi-tion to combine head trans-ports.

Tostenrud said that in addition to adding the alu-minum trailer production, Maurer has had a good year with its existing line and plans to ramp up produc-tion in most other areas as well. That should include the doubling of production of Maurer’s steel drop-deck trailers, due mostly to de-mand in the oilfields of North Dakota, Tatman said.

While Maurer’s sales are largely in the Midwest, the company has shipped prod-ucts to 49 of the 50 United States, Europe, Canada, South America, Asia and Australia.

Maurer Manufacturing plans business expansionFirm sees future in aluminum trailers

Russ Oechslin, Sioux City JournalMaurer Manufacturing General Manager Chris Tostenrud and Plant Manager John Tatman are shown. The aluminum trailer market is expanding faster than the steel trailer market.


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LE MARS, Iowa | Plym-outh County Attorney Da-rin Raymond is the new president of the Iowa State Association of Counties Board of Di-rectors.

B o a r d m e m b e r s were sworn in by Attor-ney General Tom Miller during the association’s January board meeting in West Des Moines.

Raymond is in his fourth elected term as county at-torney. He has served for 17 years, since being appointed to fill an unexpired term in 1996.

He has served on the ISAC Board of directors since 2009. Twenty-one county officials serve on the 2013

ISAC Board of Directors. They are chosen by their affiliate and serve they are replaced by their affiliate.

OU presents ‘Heart of the Mission’ award

SIOUX CITY | Opportuni-ties Unlimited recently has awarded its annual “Heart of the Mission” award to Jenny Walrod, vocational services manager.

The award, introduced in 2004, is given to an out-standing OU staff member who has earned the dis-tinction through leader-ship, commitment to the organization and persons served. The honoree also goes above and beyond their job expectations, sets a pos-itive example and serves as a role model for others and has done outstanding things outside of their scope of re-sponsibility.

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one-on-one with individ-uals and oversees certified job coaches that help in-dividuals to learn valuable skills so they can access meaningful employment.

Walrod has been with OU for 14 years. Prior to her work in the Vocational Services department, she served in roles in the OU Therapy and Residential departments. Before that, she worked for AmeriCorps.

WITCC names alumni board

The Alumni Association of Western Iowa Tech Com-munity Col-lege has an-nounced its officers and board mem-bers for 2013.

J u s -tin Meyer h a s b e e n re - e l e c te d

president of the association. Meyer is project coordina-tor and designer at PLaN Architecture. Marti Reilly, captain, Uniformed Ser-vices Bureau with the Sioux City Police Department, was elected vice president; Carolyn Ellwanger, exec-utive director of the WITCC Foundation, was re-elected treasurer; and Larry Ober-meyer, WITCC director of institutional research and resource development, was re-elected secretary.

Newly appointed to the association is Jeff Gordon, creative director/principal with JD Gordon Creative Labs.

Other board members include: Joaquin Alvarez, consultant, Sogeti USA, Des Moines Unit; Kevin Archer, realtor, United Real Estate Solutions; Danielle Benoit, WITCC administrative assistant; Paul Bergmann, chief fi-nancial officer, Long Lines; Kolby DeWitt, associ-ate, Anderson Professional Services; Myrah Favors, agent/owner, Myrah Favors State Farm; Ann Jenkins, instructional designer, Iowa Community Col-lege Online Consortium; Shannon Jorstad, per-sonal banker/lender, Great

Southern Bank; Jackie Krueger, WITCC faculty; Keith Obermiller, direc-tor of international sales, American Foods Group; Jenn Pavone, general manager, Stoney Creek Inn; Douglas Rose, COO, Ba-con Creek Design Inc. and Bacon Creek Construction Inc; and Traci Trampe, se-nior CADD technician, FEH Associates Inc.

Prof authors religious book

SIOUX CITY | Jessica Tinklenberg deVega, as-sistant professor of religious studies at Morningside College, authored the book “ G u e s s e s , G o o f s & P r o p h e t i c F a i l u r e s ” t h a t r e -cently was p u b l i s h e d by Thomas Nelson Inc.

The book examines what the Bible says about prophecy, and people predicting an end of the world that didn’t come to pass. It aims to help read-ers better understand where the idea of “the end of the world” comes from in Jew-ish and Christian traditions.

T i n k l e n b e rg d eVe ga joined the Morningside fac-ulty in 2007 as an assistant professor of religious stud-ies. She received the Sharon Walker Faculty Excellence Award from the college in 2009 and again in 2012

Kalaher, Moss on state architect board

SIOUX CITY | The Amer-ican Institute of Architects, Iowa Chapter has elected two Siouxland architects to serve on the 2 0 1 3 A I A Iowa Board of Directors.

N a t h a n K a l a h e r is the AIA president-e l e c t a n d Todd Moss is the AIA past presi-dent.

Kalaher is the princi-pal at PlaN A r c h i t e c -ture in Sioux City. Moss is president and CEO of Cannon Moss Bryg-ger Architects in Sioux City.

Linda Schemmel, a plan-ner for the City of West Des Moines, is the new AIA Iowa president. The

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Briar Cliff announces new trustees

SIOUX CITY | Debi Dur-ham, Jim Ro t h a n d C h a r e s e Y a n n e y have joined t h e B r i a r Cliff Univer-sity Board of Trustees.

D u r h a m , Sioux City, is the direc-tor of the Iowa Eco-nomic De-velopment Au t h o r i ty, a post she was named to by Gov. Terry Brans-tad. Previ-ously, she was presi-dent of the S i o u x l a n d Chamber of Commerce and Siouxland Initiative.

Roth is a Medicare mar-keting representative for UCare, an independent non-profit health plan provider of health coverage and services to nearly 300,000 members in Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. He also is serv-ing a second four-year term on the St. Anthony, Minn. City Council A Sheldon, Iowa, native, Roth is a 1985 graduate of Briar Cliff, where he majored in business ad-ministration.

Yanney, Sioux City, is a partner in Guarantee Roof-ing, Siding and Insulation Co., where she has helped operate the business for nearly 40 years.

She serves on boards for Vision Iowa, Iowa Depart-ment of Transportation and Siouxland Foundation.

Her father, Jim, and mother Do (posthumously), received the 2010 Briar Cliff Medal.

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OntheMoveSioux City law firm adds two partners

SIOUX CITY | The Klass Law Firm has announced that Ryland Deinert and Thomas (Cody) Farrens are partners of the Sioux City firm, effective Jan. 1, 2013. Both had been asso-ciates with the firm.

Ryland received his un-dergraduate degree from the University of Minnesota and his law degree from the University of South Dakota School of Law.

He is a member of South Dakota State Bar Associa-tion, Iowa State Bar Asso-ciation, Minnesota State Bar Association, Nebraska State Bar Association, US District Court for the District of South Dakota, US District Court for the District of Minnesota and is admitted to the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Farrens received a bach-elor’s degree in political science from the Univer-sity of Nebraska at Omaha, graduating magna cum laude. He received his law degree from the University of Iowa College of Law. Cody He started working for the Klass Law Firm after graduation.

He is a member of Iowa State Bar Association, South Dakota State Bar Association and Nebraska State Bar Association.

Local architect firm hires intern

SIOUX CITY | Alex Smith has been hired as an intern-architect at RML Archi-tects LLC.

Smith will be enroll-ing in the Intern De-velopment Program, or IDP, sponsored by the Na-tional Council of Architec-tural Registration Boards.

Smith graduated in De-cember 2012 from Mon-tana State University with a masters of architecture. He previously graduated with honors from Montana State with a bachelors of envi-ronmental design in 2011.

A veteran of the U.S. Ma-rine Corps, Smith served two tours in Iraq during 2004-2007.

St. Luke’s foundation names staff

SIOUX CITY | Beth Pos-son is the new executive a s s i s t a n t and project Manager for St. Luke’s H e a l t h Foundation.

P o s s o n was previ-ously editor of the com-pany newsletter at Great West Casualty Co., lead secretary at Tyson/IBP, Inc. and Hospice volunteer coordinator at Golden Belt Home Health & Hospice of St. Catherine Hospital.

Posson received her BA in Human Resource Man-agement from Briar Cliff College.

Tracy Kunkel has been named administrative co-ordinator for the St. Luke’s H e a l t h Foundation. Kunkel has previous ex-perience in health busi-ness, having previously dealt with c u s t o m e r relations, physician order entry, data entry, and ven-dor relations.

Kunkel’s prior profes-sional experience includes being administrative as-sistant of Healey Werks Corp., a para educator for Lawton-Bronson Commu-nity Schools and unit secre-tary at St. Luke’s for seven years in the Women’s and

Children’s departments.Kunkel, who graduated

from Lawton-Bronson High School, is a co-leader for the Banner Boosters 4-H Club in Woodbury County.

USD names history department chair

VERMILLION, S.D. | Kurt Hackemer has been selected as chair of the University of South Dakota Department of History, beginning in the 2013-14 academic year.

A mem-ber of the USD faculty since 1996, Hackemer will replace Ju-dith Sebesta, who will retire in May.

Hackemer currently serves as associate vice president of academic af-fairs and as a professor of history. His administrative experience is extensive at USD and includes serving as interim director of diver-sity from 2010-12; interim Registrar from 2011-12; associate dean of the Col-lege of Arts & Sciences, 2001-10; and acting chair, department of American Indian Studies from 2007-08.

In addition to admin-istration posts at USD, Hackemer has teaching experience in undergradu-ate and graduate education, and is the author of several articles and two books: “To Rescue My Native Land: The Civil War Letters of William T. Shepherd, First Illinois Light Artillery” and “The U.S. Navy and the Origins of the Military-Industrial Complex.”

Health system names medical officer

ORANGE CITY, Iowa | Dr. Alan Laird has been

appointed chief medi-cal officer for Orange City Area Health Sys-tem.

D u t i e s for the sys-tem’s newly-created po-sition include serving on the administrative leader-ship team, participating in strategic planning, de-veloping and maintaining quality and patient safety initiatives, and serving as a resource and advisor to the medical staff.

Laird has served as a family practice physician with OCAHS since 1991. A native of Storm Lake, Iowa, Laird graduated from Northwestern College, and received his medical degree from the University of Iowa College of Medicine.

As part of a team of 16 family practice doctors and advanced level practitio-ners serving in four OCAHS medical clinics, Laird will continue to see patients in the Hospers Family Practice Clinic in addition to serving in the new role of CMO.

Pointe at Sunrise names new chef

SIOUX CITY | Brandon Durant recently joined the staff at The Pointe at Sun-rise as the newly appointed chef.

Durant will be respon-s i b l e f o r p re p a r i n g g o u r m e t e v e n i n g m ea l s fo r 86 residents who live in the 62 in-dependent apartment building on the campus of Sunrise. Durant will also be the special events ca-terer for the entire Sunrise community.

Durant is a graduate of South Sioux City High

School and Metro Com-munity College, where he completed his associate’s degree in Applied Science/Chef’s Apprenticeship. He is experienced in fine din-ing and recently held the position of sous chef/ban-quet chef at Kahills from 2009-2011.

Central Bank hires mortgage loan officer

SIOUX CITY | Chris Krueger has been named a mortgage loan officer at Central Bank’s downtown Sioux City location at 522 4th St.

K r u e g e r has a strong track record and experi-ence in the f i n a n c i a l industry, said Jeff Lapke, Sioux City Central Bank president.

Sunrise hires wellness coordinator

SIOUX CITY | Jonathan Young recently joined Sunrise Retirement Com-munity as the wellness coordinator.

In his new p o s i t i o n , Young will be the in-structor for all wellness and fitness classes for the health center and independent residents on the Sunrise campus. Young will teach strength training, brain fitness, bal-ance, yoga, and tai chi. He also will be responsible for marketing special wellness events in the community.

Young has a degree in ex-ercise science from Wayne State College, and is a 2006 graduate of East High School.

Prior to joining Sunrise, Young was a personal train-er for Anytime Fitness.

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FROM PAGE 19pockets of farmers who supplied the Quad County plant with Enogen corn last year, Johnson said.

“It really is a big deal,” he said. “The farmers that have participated in it are getting significant number of dollars more than those who are growing standard corn.”

About 7,000 acres of the hybrid were grown last year within a roughly 30-mile radius of the Galva plant.

Peterson said he plans to plant somewhat more Eno-gen this spring than last year. He is under contract to supply corn not only for the nearby Quad County plant, but also Plymouth Energy, and for additional Syngenta trials.

In the field, Enogen looks and performs the same as traditional field corn, the veteran farmer said.

“We had regular corn right along beside it, and the yields were no differ-ent,” he said.

Peterson likened the eth-anol variety to other hybrids with traits that help farm-ers, such as corn resistance to the Roundup herbicide.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture in 2011 ap-proved Enogen for commer-cial uses. The federal agency had previously found the corn was safe to consume.

The approval drew objec-tions from groups worried about cross-pollination in fields. A coalition of food

processors fear an acciden-tal mixing of Enogen with regular corn could have an adverse affect on consumer products.

Bernens said Syngen-ta has taken a number of measures to prevent cross-pollination, including a re-quirement that border rows of regular corn be planted in Enogen fields.

“The actual amount of Enogen pollen in an adja-cent field is very, very low,” he said. “The concentration is so low it should not create an issue for any other pro-cessing system.”

Biotech corn: O� ers higher output

Tim Gallagher, Sioux City JournalJon Heitman, left, visits with Quad County Corn Processors production Manager Charlie Voss outside the plant in Galva, Iowa, last Wednesday. Quad County is the first U.S. ethanol plant to commercially use a new type of corn genetically engineered to make ethanol production more efficient.

“The actual amount of Enogen pollen in an adjacent fi eld is very, very low.” he said. The concentration is so low it should not create an issue for any other processing system.”

JACK BERNENSEnogen marketing and stakeholder relations manager


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